I personally think that SRD has a copy of the Encyclopedia Galactica from the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, because my poor little pocket thesaurus just can't keep up with the many color words that SRD uses in the Chronicles. With an advanced English degree, I'm sure SRD has a vocabulary larger than the average Schmoe, but who really knows the word chiaroscuro without having to look it up?
Regarding color words, here are just a couple off the top of my head:
vermeil (??)
incarnadine (bloody red)
cerulean (sky blue)
argent (duh!)
viridian (vivid green)
And there are many, many more, and they all add a vividness (once the proper word-bank has been consulted) to the mental image you get when you enact the story in your head.
So, anyone want to add to the list? Adding definitions of what the colors actually mean would be helpful, too, since my poor little thesaurus is busy prepping it's own cerements in the corner.
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oh no. High school art? me too. All three years. I made an animated film but learned nothing.danlo wrote:chiaroscuro-that's one of the 1st words I learned in highschool art.
I love cerulean!
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Has to be incarnadine for that darn incarnadine moon in LFB.
BTW, vermeil - noun - 1. [obsolete or old poetic] the color vermilion 2. gilded or gold-colored copper, bronze, or silver (N.B. vermilion is a bright red pigment or a bright red or scarlet color)
Another I like is coquelicot - noun - 1. the wild poppy, or red corn rose or corn poppy 2. the color of the wild poppy; a color nearly red, like orange mixed with scarlet
Check out www.naples.net/~dsaddison/srdamd I may have a few more colors listed, but I can't remember.
BTW, vermeil - noun - 1. [obsolete or old poetic] the color vermilion 2. gilded or gold-colored copper, bronze, or silver (N.B. vermilion is a bright red pigment or a bright red or scarlet color)
Another I like is coquelicot - noun - 1. the wild poppy, or red corn rose or corn poppy 2. the color of the wild poppy; a color nearly red, like orange mixed with scarlet
Check out www.naples.net/~dsaddison/srdamd I may have a few more colors listed, but I can't remember.
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W.B. wrote:Has to be incarnadine for that darn incarnadine moon in LFB.
Check out www.naples.net/~dsaddison/srdamd I may have a few more colors listed, but I can't remember.
Very cool site! Now I can finally say last rights to my misbegotten little thesaurus!
Thanks again!
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You forget ebon and ichor (black and white). 
I personally loved incarnadine. It just sounds so damn funky!
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I personally loved incarnadine. It just sounds so damn funky!
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Oooh, ichor. Good one.
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I like SRD's colour words because they remind me of my medical studies... ichor, viridian, cerulean...
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Yeah; from my list (it makes you look up chalcedony):
chrysoprase - noun - a light-green variety of chalcedony, sometimes used as a semiprecious stone (N.B. chalcedony is a kind of quartz that has the luster of wax and is variouslt colored, usually grayish or milky: it comprises agate, sard, cat's-eye, jasper, carnelian, and chrysoprase)
chrysoprase - noun - a light-green variety of chalcedony, sometimes used as a semiprecious stone (N.B. chalcedony is a kind of quartz that has the luster of wax and is variouslt colored, usually grayish or milky: it comprises agate, sard, cat's-eye, jasper, carnelian, and chrysoprase)
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